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Three Rivers District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Three Rivers District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,400Searchable applications
256Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 713 approved or refused records
103Refused applications
610 approved · 103 refused · 54 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 2022 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Stephen Giles-Medhurst OBEPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Protected trees
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesenquiries@threerivers.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesenquireplan@threerivers.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@threerivers.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided25/2203/FUL
Construction of single-storey side and rear extension and front porch extension, alterations to front roof form over porch and garage, external materials including timber cladding
1 Hall Close Mill End Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 8US
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/2205/TCA
To fell and grind out roots on 1 No. existing Apple Tree in rear garden.
24A Pembroke Road Moor Park Northwood Hertfordshire HA6 2HR
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2206/PDT
Prior approval: Enlargement of the dwellinghouse by the construction of one additional storey (2.6m height) and raising of roof ridge to result in an overall height of 9.1m (Class AA)
Popes Croft Chandlers Lane Chandlers Cross Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4NE
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2207/PDE
Prior Approval: Single storey rear extension (depth 6.00 metres, maximum height 3.27 metres, maximum eaves height 3.00 metres)
12 Margeholes Carpenders Park Watford Hertfordshire WD19 5AP
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2208/PDE
Prior Approval: Single storey rear extension (depth 4.00 metres, maximum height 3.43 metres, maximum eaves height 2.55 metres)
36 Fotherley Road Mill End Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 8QG
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2209/FUL
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved plans) and 8(Construction and Demolition Method Statement) pursuant to planning permission 25/1500/FUL to allow relocation of entrance door, removal of ground floor staircase wall and rear chimney, internal alterations and alterations to fenestration
Edgehill Sandy Lane Northwood HA6 3ES
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2210/RSP
Part Retrospective: Demolition of existing garage and front porch; erection of single-storey side and front extension; erection of first floor rear extension; retrospective removal of existing roof structure and reconstruction to include accommodation served by flank and rear roof lights; alterations to fenestration; replacement windows; alterations to external material, including render and brick; construction of rear pergola; landscaping alterations to frontage; and erection of detached outbuilding to rear.
Round Coppice Bridle Lane Loudwater Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4JH
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2211/FUL
Construction of 3no. padel courts with fencing and floodlighting, with associated infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping works
Royal Masonic School Rickmansworth Park Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4HF
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2214/DIS
Discharge of Condition 6 (Drainage Verification Report) pursuant to planning permission 25/1503/RSP
Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Warner Drive Watford Hertfordshire WD25 7LP
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Pending Consideration25/2215/OUT
Outline application: Demolition of existing structures and erection of up to 44 new homes with associated access, parking, open space, landscaping and ancillary works (Appearance, Layout, Landscaping and Scale as reserved matters)
Land At Dawes Lane Sarratt Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 6BA
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2216/FUL
Removal of Condition 4 (ancillary accommodation) of planning permission 08/1190/FUL
Laurel Cottage Finches Avenue Redheath Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4LN
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2217/ADV
Advertisement Consent: Erection of internally illuminated monolith sign
Bassett Park Denham Way Maple Cross Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 9AF
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2218/FUL
Construction of part-single, part-two storey side to rear extension, external materials including lead cladding
2 Moore Road Abbots Langley Watford Hertfordshire WD25 0BE
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Unknown25/2219/TCA
Row of Conifer tree's - To reduce in height by up to 3 meters to form a hedge.
52 Russell Road Moor Park Northwood Hertfordshire HA6 2LR
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2222/DIS
Discharge of Condition 2 (Timber windows) pursuant to planning permission 23/1960/LBC
The Flat St John Fisher Roman Catholic Church Shire Lane Chorleywood Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD3 5NH
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2223/CLED
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use: Use of Laurel Cottage and associated land as an independent dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).
Laurel Cottage Finches Avenue Redheath Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4LN
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2224/FUL
Construction of part-single, part-two storey front, side and rear extensions, creation of link to main dwelling, garage conversion with accommodation in the roofspace served by side dormer and side rooflights, erection of side, rear juliet balconies, front storm porch and outbuilding
9 The Briars Sarratt Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 6AU
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2225/FUL
Construction of front porch
10 Orchard Drive Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5QL
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2229/PDT
Prior approval: Enlargement of the dwellinghouse by the construction of one additional storey (2.77m height) and raising of roof ridge to result in an overall height of 8.05m (Class AA)
The Bungalow Scotsbridge House Scots Hill Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3AB
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2227/PDE
Prior Approval: Single storey rear extension (depth 4.50 metres, maximum height 3.30 metres, maximum eaves height 3.00 metres)
196 Muirfield Road South Oxhey Watford Hertfordshire WD19 6BJ
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2228/RSP
Part Retrospective: Construction of single storey rear extension
10 Gade Bank Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3GD
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2230/CLPD
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Development: Conversion of garage into habitable accommodation
The Coach House Burfield Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5NS
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2231/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and existing single storey rear roof extension and construction of single storey rear extension with roof lanterns
37 Nightingale Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 7DA
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/2232/NAC
Neighbouring Authority Consultation: Outline Application for the erection of a Motorway Service Area with all matters reserved with the exception of access from the M25, comprising a facilities building, fuel filling station, electric vehicle charging, service yard, parking facilities, vehicle circulation, landscaping, amenity spaces, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)/attenuation, retaining structures and associated mitigation, infrastructure and earthworks/enabling works.Buckinghamshire Council application ref PL/22/1411/OA
Land Between Junctions 16 And 17 Of The M25 Near Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire
Received 24 Dec 2025
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Three Rivers District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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